Inmate who claims he spent six extra days in prison seeks $10,000

View full sizeA former Oregon inmate is suing saying he was wrongfully incarcerated for six days.The Oregonian

After nearly 10 long years in jail and prison for robbery, Franklin Dominic Brooks was eager to get out.

But -- according to Brooks and his civil attorney -- prison officials kept him an extra six days past his scheduled release date. Brooks claims that those extra days in lock-up cost him dearly, in lost time with his family, “disturbance of his life” and emotional distress.

The 30-year-old filed a lawsuit Monday against the Oregon Department of Corrections for false imprisonment -- seeking $10,000, or $1,666 for every additional day he says he was wrongly incarcerated.

Although the Oregon Court of Appeals didn't list a specific date in its 2013 ruling, Brooks claims that the appeals court determined that he was supposed to be released Aug. 17, 2013, not Aug. 23, 2013 -- the day he was let free.

He claims prison officials disregarded information provided by him and his attorney about his correct release date and, in doing so, violated his constitutional rights under the Fourth, Eighth and 14th amendments.

Brooks is represented by Portland attorney Thomas Freedman Jr., who also seeks for his attorney’s fees to be paid by the state.

No details were immediately available about Brooks’ second-degree robbery conviction, other than court records listing his victim as a woman. Brooks was 19 at the time of the robbery.